Lockbox Combo as Marketing Tool After doing a couple thousand showings (and opening that many lockboxes), it’s rare that I run into something unusual — at least that doesn’t involve a foreclosure. But up until today, I can’t say that I’ve ever opened a lockbox where the three letter combination was part of the listing...Read More
“What You See is What You Get” I’ve written previously about real estate teams (“Teaming Up“), and the pro’s and con’s. So it was interesting to me, during my most recent listing presentation (they hired me), to hear my now-client express a strong preference notto work with a(nother) real estate team. Their reason(s)? On their...Read More
“Would You Take . . .?” In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck if . . .” string of jokes (sample: ‘you’ve been married 3 times and still have the same in-law’s’), I offer up the Realtor equivalent: You don’t need a Realtor if . . . you want to go...Read More
Disregarding Buyers’ First Offer Mulligan (ˈmÉ™-li-gÉ™n): a free shot sometimes given a golfer in informal play when the previous shot was poorly played. So, I think I’ve got a good name for today’s housing market: ‘The Mulligan Market.’ That’s because so many deals these days start out with the Buyer making an insultingly poor (out-of-bounds?)...Read More
In the stock market, open market purchases of company stock by senior management (“insiders”) is considered to be bullish. After all, executives may sell stock for many reasons — to diversify, to raise money for things like real estate purchases, college tuition, etc. Presumably, however, there’s only one reason insiders buy: they think their company’s...Read More
Co-Listing Agreements Realtors share a listing (“co-list”) for a number of reasons: –The homeowner has ties to two Realtors, and doesn’t want to offend either; –The two Realtors work together as part of a “group” or “team”; –One Realtor has the tie to the client, while the other Realtor is strongly established in the particular...Read More
